Rachel Slade // 'Into the Raging Sea' Author
On the Wind Sailing
Andy Schell
4.8 • 593 Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2018
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
#251. Rachel Slade is the acclaimed author of 'Into the Raging Sea,' the heartbreaking account of the sinking of the American merchant ship 'El Faro.' With a degree in political science from Barnard College and a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania, Rachel began her journalism career as the design editor at Boston magazine and moved up the masthead to executive editor. After a decade on staff, she became a full-time freelance writer in 2016. Incredibly, 'Into the Raging Sea' is her first book. Rachel & I discussed her background growing up on the water, her interest in merchant shipping and her own thoughts on the tragic sinking of El Faro. This one's an all-timer, so pay attention!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey gang, welcome back to the show and happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, happy holidays, |
| 0:05.3 | all that good stuff. Before we get into the stuff for today, I got a quick update from |
| 0:09.4 | Simon Berriason, who's going to be the skipper on East Bjorn, the Swan 48 next April for a month. |
| 0:15.8 | Simon was at the house this weekend in Sweden out in the countryside and we recorded an |
| 0:20.3 | episode with him that I'm going |
| 0:21.3 | to play later on, but he's got something to talk about that applies for this week. They have this |
| 0:26.6 | event called Music Yelpen in Sweden. Those of you that listen to the show that are in Sweden, |
| 0:31.1 | you'll know what I'm talking about. Simon's going to describe how his running club is getting |
| 0:35.1 | involved with Music Yelpen, which is a big fundraiser in Sweden |
| 0:38.3 | that is benefiting people with disabilities this year |
| 0:42.1 | and equivalent access for them. |
| 0:44.4 | So here's Simon. |
| 0:46.6 | Yeah, so next week, starting Monday tomorrow, |
| 0:52.1 | my running club, or the running club that I'm a member of your running club will be |
| 0:56.9 | trying to run all streets of Stockholm at least in the city what do you define like all the |
| 1:04.8 | inside the tour in the so it's we think it's 250 kilometers of running that we need to do in a week. |
| 1:14.7 | I will not be running them all, but the club will be running them. |
| 1:20.6 | That's really cool. |
| 1:22.2 | So, and it's, every evening is followed by some kind of event. |
| 1:27.5 | And we publish the starting point and the end point on our Instagram, |
| 1:34.3 | YoRum Club. |
| 1:34.9 | And the whole purpose of this is to raise awareness for music helpen, |
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